Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-22
ABBREVIATED DISPATCHES.

Queen kapiolani sailed for Honolulu
Tuesday.
A volcano has broken out in the Glen
tian Isles, south of Alaska.
New York brewery employees are seced-
ing from the Knights OF Labor.
Out 25 analyses of milk made in Brook
lyn city only one proved to be pure.
Great damage has been wrought in
Newfoundland by extensive forest fires.
The annual convention of the National
retail shoe dealers is in session at Chicago.
A severe thunder storm in Baltimore
yesterday morning did considerable dam
age
Mr.. Blaine delivered an address Tues
day at the unveiling at Dunfermline, Scot
land
Very large lcecergs are drifting in the
path of navigation between New York anu
Liverpool.
The new Hudson river steamer New
York made 24 miles an hour on the up
trip Monday
Emperor of Germany has acknowledged
the bravery OF life saving crew in Nir-
glna by gifts.
r. NJ. Il. Hunter died at Founthill Va,
yesterday aged IS. He was one of Virgin
las most prominent citizens.
Nathan Kohn of Winchester, Va, has
been indicted for marrying his sister 8
daughter. She is indicted too.
Uriel Crocker of Boston, founder of an
old publishing house there. whose New
York branch became d. Appleton & Co.,
died Tuesday aged 81 years.
There is diversity of opinion in the Do
minion cabinet AS to the entry Of New
foundland into the Dominion.
Gambrinus assembly, knights of Labor
Of Milwaukee, has voted to seCede be-
cause of Powderly's views on the temper
auce question.
There have been severe snow storms
recently in the Swiss Alps, and six tour
lists were lost ON the Jungfrau.
The 200O locked dout employees OF the
Reading iron work have voted to resist a
reduction N pay roll OF 500, 900 is stopped.
The New Hampshire cattle commission
ers yesterday modified the quarantine
against the entire State of New York is
sued may II.
Altornado with hailstones rs big as hens
eggs swept through southern Indiana
Tuesday, levelng forests and destroying
grain, fruit and vegetables.
Moses w. Hill, IA student waiter, was
killed while climbing Splint Rock, near
the Twin Mountain House, New Hamp-
shire, by fragment of the rock.
Pay day at the Office of the st. Lawrence
Sugar refinery, Montreal, revealed the
loss Vi tuTtt lltlIdLS ny INC uIe
Gently destroyed the building.
Maddern, of the firm of Jacoby X Mad
dern, contractors, Bridgeport, Conn, has
disappeared with Sl400 of the firms money,
leaving many creditors in the lurch.
The 100 employees of the Reading road
at Port Richmond, who struck Tuesday
on account of the supposed universal ap-
plication OF the color blindness test, have
resumed work.
The United States cutter Rush has
| seized two more sealerS, one Yankee and
one British, for violating the laws. Both
have have been sent to Sitka tor condem-
nation and sale.
The Missouri Pacific Cotton belt and the
San Francisco railroads have cut the rates
from St Louis south and west again in
order to meet the competition of the Mis-
sissippi river boats
| Miss Alice f. Freeman, president OF
Wellesley collegeis reported TO have re,
signed her position The reason assigned
is her approaching marriage with pro
fessor of Harvard university.
Although the coercion law now only
awaits the queens signature to 90 into
effect, it is thought the British govern
ment will reduce the eviction OF tenants
which has lately created SO much trouble
Justice Field of the United States Su
preme Court has decided that Mrs. Lang
try would have to return 10 san francisco
and appear in court in person II she deslr
ed TO perfect her citizenship
Morltz Bullowa, prominent merchan
and real estate dealer of Few York, wa
drowned in Salisbury creek, Orang'
county, n. y, last Sunday while trylna
TO save his two sons from similar fate.
A question is raised at Washington a.
to the legality of the bulliou certificate
issued by the Western National bank o
New York, OF which aX-Secrctary Mau
ming IS presidentl
Ex-Alderman McCabe of New York
who is under indictment for bribery il
the Broadway railroad N iIter, !, b!
lieved TO have gone to Canada. Though
adjudged lunatic. he hTq rerl"i-"d d
large under bail OF S2J,ula.